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HAx^I-GYKNG 


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“In  her  boasted  history  of  ‘four  thousand  years,’ 
the  little  kingdom  has  too  often  been  the  Ireland  of 
China,  so  far  as  misgovernment  on  the  one  side,  and 
fretful  and  spasmodic  resistance  on  the  other,  are 
considered.  Yet  ancient  Corea  has  also  been  an 
Ireland  to  Japan,  in  the  better  sense  of  giving  to 
her  the  art,  letters,  science  and  ethics  of  continental 
civilization.  As  of  old,  went  forth  from  Tai’a’s 
halls  to  the  British  Isles  and  the  continent,  the  bard 
and  the  monk  to  elevate  and  civilize  Europe  with 
the  culture  of  Borne  and  the  religion  of  Christianity, 
so  for  centuries  there  has  crossed  the  sea  from  the 
])eninsula  a .stream  of  scholars,  artists,  and  mission- 
aries who  brought  to  Japan  the  social  culture  of 
Chosen,  the  literature  of  China,  and  the  religion  of 
India.” — William  Elliott  Griffis. 


Rev.  W.  D.  Reynolds  and  Ilis  Korean  Assistants  Translating  the  Uiblo. 


KOREA 


The  Geography  of  Korea. 

Korea  is  a compaiatively  small  peninsula  extending 
from  north  to  south,  hounded  on  the  east  hy  the  Sea  of 
Jai)an,  the  Yellow  Sea  on  the  west,  and  by  Manchuria 
and  Siberia  on  the  north.  Korea  might  properly  be 
called  an  island.  A stream  finding  its  source  in  a lake 
on  the  boundary  line  between  Korea  and  ^lauchuria  is 
the  source  from  which  a river  flows  to  the  sea.  In  the 
same  lake  the  Yaln  Kiver,  of  historic  memory  in  connec- 
tion with  the  recent  war  between  .Japan  and  Kussia, 
finds  its  source  and  Hows  southwest,  eni])tying  into  the 
Yellow  Sea.  To  travel  around  the  border  of  Korea 
would  reciuire  a journey  of  1,750  miles.  Within  the 
boundary  there  is  an  area  of  about  00,(100  s(piare  miles. 
The  area  is  not  <piite  equal  to  that  of  the  combined  states 
of  New  York  and  Pennsylvania.  This  territory  does 
not  include  what  the  Koreans  call  “the  ten  thousand 
islands”  that  cluster  around  the  shore  to  the  west  and 
south  of  the  i)eninsula.  Dr.  Underwood,  in  giving  the 
coni])arative  size  of  Korea,  says:  “We  have  a country  a 
little  larger  than  Great  Uritain,  almost  half  the  size  of 
the  (Jernian  Empire,  or  about  the  same  as  the  kingdoiu 
(d'  Italy." 

POPf  RATION. 

In  Ilulbert's  "History  of  Korea”  it  is  stated  that  sttch 
a thing  as  a popular  census  was  tinktiown  until  after  the 
( 'hina-.Jajian  war  in  1!)05.  The  house  census  was  the 


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In  the  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


only  one  in  existence  for  three  hnndred  years.  In  the 
old  time  taxes  were  paid  on  the  number  of  houses  and 
the  estimate  of  the  population  was  made  on  the  basis 
of  five  ])ersons  to  each  house.  This,  for  the  Orient,  is 
considered  a conservative  estimate,  and  on  this  basis  the 
population  of  Korea  would  be  in  the  neighborhood  of 
twelve  million  people.  Since  Japanese  occupation  and 
annexation,  a more  careful  census  has  been  taken. 
Owing  to  the  mountainous  character  of  the  country,  it  is 
more  thickly  settled  than  the  average  population  in  our 
older  states.  It  is  said  that  only  about  one-fourth  of 
the  land  in  Korea  can  be  cultivated. 

The  mountains  of  Korea  are,  in  the  main,  a rugged 
chain  extending  along  the  east  coast  to  within  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  the  southern  extremity  of 
the  peninsula.  At  this  jioint  the  range  divides,  spreading 
out  over  the  southern  end  of  the  country.  On  account 


Korean  Village— Kungmal 


In  the  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


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of  the  location  of  the  mountain  ranges,  the  east  coast  is 
precipitous.  The  mountains  on  the  west  coast  slope 
more  gradually  and  descend  to  hills  and  fertile  plains. 
The  tides  on  the  east  and  west  coast  of  Korea  vary.  On 
the  east  coast  the  tide  rises  only  one  to  two  feet,  and  on 
the  west  coast,  on  the  narrowing  shores  of  the  Yellow 
Sea,  there  is  a rise  and  fall  of  from  twenty-eight  to 
thirty-eight  feet — one  of  the  highest  tides  in  the  world. 

The  traveler  approaching  Korea  would  not  hud  the 
verdure  and  attractive  scenery  of  Japan.  On  the  other 
hand  the  mountains  are  barren  of  timber,  and  except  in 
certain  seasons  of  the  year  are  bleak.  The  first  im- 
pression That  missionaries  have  on  their  arrival  at  Fnsan 
is  usually  very  unfavorable,  so  barren  and  bleak  is  the 
a|>earance  of  the  land.  Hut  Korea  is  far  from  being  an 
unattractive  country.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  highly 
I)ictures(ine.  The  traveler  in  the  interior  will  find  a 
combination  of  beauty  in  the  low  mountain  ranges,  the 
hills  and  rich  valleys.  One  will  travel  far  before  see- 
ing anything  moi-e  beautiful  than  the  valleys  hedged  in 
by  low  ranges  of  mountains.  es])ecially  whcm  the  rice  is 
ri]iening  and  being  harvested. 

The  climate  of  Korea,  with  the  exception  of  one  or 
two  months  in  the  summer,  when  the  rainy  season  pre- 
viiils,  is  delightful.  In  the  north  it  is  v^ery  cold,  but 
not  so  frigid  as  the  location  of  the  country  on  the  maj) 
st*ems  to  indicate.  The  mildness  of  the  climate  is 
accounted  for  in  the  fact  that  the  warm  stream  in  the 
Pacific,  which  corresponds  to  the  gulf  stream  on  the 
eastern  shore  of  our  country,  strikes  the  east  shores  of 
Japan  and  gives  to  that  country  its  warm,  damj)  cli- 
mate, which  clothes  the  island  with  a very  paradise  of 
verdure.  This  same  current  gives  Korea,  especially  the 
southern  ]>art  of  it,  a most  delightful  climate. 


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lx  THE  HeUMIT  l^AXl) KoREA. 


Early  History. 

The  liistoi-y  of  Korea  is  lost  in  the  misty  past.  The 
first  (lawn  of  Korea's  history  was  about  the  time  that 
Samnel  called  the  elders  of  Israel  toj^ether,  1122  B.C. 
There  is  much  tradition  and  mystery  connected  with  the 
history  of  these  early  times.  A <>reat  man  named  Kija 
came  into  Korea  from  China.  Wild  tribes  occupied 
the  country;  among  these  i>eople  the  great  Kija  took 
up  his  abode  and  established  his  capital  in  Pyeng-yang, 
and  called  his  kingdom  “Cho.sen.'’  He  reigned  fifty- 

thiw  years,  ^'isitors 
to  Pyeng-yan  find 
great  interest  in 
going  to  the  grave 
of  Kiga,  outside  the 
walls  of  the  city. 
The  Chinese  ideas 
and  mysticisms  that 
are  found  in  Korea 
were  brought  into  it 
by  this  first  king. 

Kija’s  Well.  The  couiitry  has  not 

existed  as  a sejiarate  government  for  over  two 
hundred  years.  During  this  iieriod  of  Korean  his- 
tory there  were  freipient  wars.  Jajian  on  the  east 
and  China  on  the  west  were  both  endeavoring  to  coiupier 
Korea.  There  were  some  great  naval  battles  in  those 
times,  and  it  is  worth  mentioning  that  the  first  armored 
battleshi])  of  which  there  is  any  record  was  constructed 
by  a Korean  admiral,  who,  with  his  sheet-iron  jirotected 
ship,  demolished  the  Jajianese  fleet  on  the  west  shore 
of  Korea. 


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The  Country  Opened. 

Just  one  liuiidred  years  before  Colmiibus  crossed  the 
Atlantic  there  was  a change  in  the  Korean  dynasty,  and 
the  caiiitol  was  removed  to  Seoul,  now  Iw  far  the  largest 
city  in  “Chosen.’’  In  187(i  Korea  made  a treaty  with 
Japan,  which  was  the  first  relation  established  with  the 
outside  world.  Six  years  later  the  United  States  suc- 
ceeded in  making  a treaty  with  Korea,  and  a Govern- 
ment representative  was  sent  to  the  “Hermit  Kingdom.” 

Early  Korean  Christians. 

From  “The  Call  of  Korea,”  by  Kev.  II.  G.  Underwood, 
I).  I).,  we  take  the  following  extract,  which  tells  the 
story  of  the  first  Korean  Christians:  "In  the  year  1782 
some  Koreans,  having  secuit'd  Chinese  books  that  told 
of  Christianity,  sent  to  Pekin  to  imiuire  further.  There, 
in  178J,  the  tii-st  Korean  was  bajitized  and  named  Peter. 
Two  hundred  years  previous  to  this  Komanist  mission- 
aries, following  in  the  wake  of  the  Ja])anese  army,  had 
administered  the  sacraments  to  the  Ja]>anese  who  pro- 
fessed a faitli  in  Christ, 
bnt  we  find  no  record 
of  a result  of  any  seed- 
sowing which  may  have 
Ikhmi  done  among  the 
Koi-eans.  Peter,  w h o 
was  ba])tized  in  1781, 
was  seized,  thrown  into 
jail,  and  suffered  inai- 
tyrd(»m  in  17!M.  Others, 
nevertheless,  songhi  ba])- 
tism.  Prominent  among 
them  were  l*aul  and 


Korean  Christian  Famiiy. 


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Ix  THE  IIeumit  Land — Korea. 


•liUMiues  Kim,  wlio  wen*  exti-eniely  active  in 
sjireadiiift  a knowledjic  of  the  tnith,  so  that 
in  the  first  ten  years  after  the  baptism  of  Peter 
it  is  estimated  that  there  were  ovei"  four  thousand 
followers  of  Christ  amonji  the  Koreans."  The  new 
religion,  which  re(iuired  the  f>ivinf>-  np  of  ancestral  wor- 
sliij),  aroused  oi»])o.sition.  which  rapidly  grew  to  perse- 
cution. From  ISOO  to  IStid  there  was  continued  per.se- 
cution  of  Catholic  adhei-ents  to  the  Koman  faith. 


Girls  from  Kwangju  School. 


Fir.st  Protestant  Missionary. 

Korea  was  o])eiied  to  l*rotestant  missions  in  a remark- 
able way.  Pijiitei,  a Korean,  was  sent  to  reiiresent  his 
government  in  dajian.  Soon  after  reaching  the  country 
some  Christian  books  fell  into  his  liands.  He  read  them 
with  eager  interest  and  was  introduced  to  one  of  the 
.Vmerican  missionaries,  from  whom  he  received  instruc- 
tion. He  accepted  Christianity  and  was  baptized, 
ffijutei  immediately  began  to  juejiare  a Ifible  which  his 


Ix  THE  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


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coiuiti-ymen  could  read,  and  begged  that  missionaries 
might  be  sent  to  Korea,  and  Dr.  H.  N.  Allen,  then  living 
in  China,  was  sent  in  1884.  The  American  Minister 
ai)])ointed  him  physician  to  the  legation,  which  insured 
his  safety.  Soon  after  his  arrival  a number  of  Koreans 
were  wounded  in  a political  outbreak,  among  them  a 
nephew  of  the  king.  He  and  several  others  recovered 
from  their  wounds  under  Dr.  Allen’s  care.  His  skill 
gained  him  the  favor  of  the  king  and  his  court,  and 
opened  the  way  f(»r  Protestant  missions.  The  first 
ordained  missionary  arrived  in  Korea  in  the  spring  of 
1885;  The  first  convert  was  ba])tized  in  duly,  1886;  the 
first  church  organized  (Presbyterian!  in  the  fall  of  1887, 
and  before  the  close  of  1888  the  first  bajdized  converts 
of  the  two  missions.  Presbyterian  and  Methodist,  num- 
bered over  inn. 


Earlier  M issioxaries. 

Dr.  Allen  was  the  first  resident  I’rotestant  missionary 
in  Korea,  but  efidrts  were  made  by  Protestant  mission 
aries  to  enter  the  country  long  before  he  was  sent  to 
Seoul.  A Prussian  udssiouary  named  Gutzlaff  landed 
in  Korea  in  18.”,l',  remaining  a mouth.  In  18(i(i  Kev. 
.Mr.  Thomas,  of  the  Loudon  .Mi.ssioiiary  Society,  became 
interested  in  the  Koreans,  studied  the  language,  and  was 
sent  to  Korea  in  the  early  ’sixties.  lie  was  given 
passage  on  the  ill-fated  American  schooner,  the  General 
t^heniian^  on  couditiou  that  he  would  act  as  interpreter. 
This  schooner,  passengers  nor  crew,  were  never  heard 
from  after  they  reached  Korea,  and  it  is  a generally 
accepted  fact  that  they  w(*re  murdered  by  the  Koreans. 

Mr.  Thomas  was  followed  by  two  other  Scotchmen, 
who  eutei-ed  Korea  from  ^lukden — Messrs.  Loss  and 
McIntyre.  ('onsiderable  work  was  done  by  these  early 


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In  the  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


missionaries  in  the  way  of  translation,  and  there  were 
a number  of  converts  as  a result  of  their  work.  Among 
the  number  was  Mr.  Soh  Sang  Eyim.  Of  this  man  Dr. 
Underwood  says:  “After  his  conversion  he  stayed 
awhile,  assisting  in  the  preparation  and  iirintiug  of 
books,  and  finally  told  Mr.  Eoss  that  he  must  take  a few 
books  and  go  home  and  tell  his  friends  about  the  Saviour 
of  whom  he  had  learned.  Mr.  Soh  si>ent  some  little 
while  traveling  around  the  northern  province,  jireaching 

and  distributing  books;  vis- 
ited the  capital,  where  he 
found  quite  a number  who 
were  at  least  willing  to  hear 
what  he  had  to  tell : and 
later  settled  with  his  fam- 
ily at  the  village  of  Sorai 
or  Pine  Stream,  in  the 
County  of  Chang  Yun,  on 
the  Yellow  Sea.  Here  he 
preached  and  lived  Christ, 
and  laid  the  foundations 
for  the  work  in  this  village 
that  has  since  become  world 
renowned.  Such  were  the 
beginnings  of  mission  work  in  the  land  of  the  ‘]Morn- 
ing  Calm,’  and  while  the  efforts  put  forth  were  meager 
and  feeble,  the  results  gave  promise  of  the  speedy  dawn 
and  morning  light  that  Hood  much  of  the  laud  today.” 
Interesting  items  regarding  other  missionary  work  in 
Korea  must  be  passed  over  and  our  further  account 
begin  with  what  has  been  called  the  "Wide  Seed-sowing 
Period.”  There  was  so  much  opposition  to  Christianity 
in  the  early  days  that  the  first  converts  were  baptized 
behind  closed  doors.  Long  itineraries  were  made  into 


Korean  Beggar  Boy. 


In  the  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


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the  interior,  and  converts  multiplied  beyond  the  bright- 
est hopes  of  the  missionaries.  The  year  1890  is  given 
as  the  end  of  the  period  of  seed  sowing.  It  was  found 
that  the  Koreans  were  not  so  much  opposed  to  religion  as 
they  were  to  a people  without  a religion.  As  the  tirst 
live  years  was  a period  of  .seed  sowing,  the  second  five 
years  is  called  by  Dr.  Underwood  that  of  “Expecta- 
tions.” Missionaries  of  other  denominations  entered 
the  field,  and  the  Word  was  widely  preached,  and  re- 
ceived by  great  numbers. 

Our  Field  in  Korea. 

A chain  of  mountains  extends  through  the  whole 
length  of  Korea.  Of  the  eight  ]»rovinces  into  which  the 
country  is  divided,  three  lie  east  of  the  mountains  and 
five  west.  In  the  division  of  the  countiw  among  the 
denominations  doing  foreign  mission  work  in  Korea,  the 
two  favored  ])rovinces  in  the  southeast.  North  and 
South  Chulla,  were  assigned  to  the  Southern  Presbyte- 
rian Church. 

Our  first  missionaries  to  Korea  were  sent  out  in  the 
fall  of  1892.  Owing  to  the  disturbed  conditions  of  the 
country  resulting  from  the  hostilities  between  China  and 
Japan,  they  were  detained  at  Seoul  until  1895,  when, 
following  the  advice  of  the  Council  of  Presbyterian  Mis- 


Alexander  School.  Village  School.  Kunsan. 


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In  the  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


Panorama  of  Kunsan 


sions  ill  Korea,  they  ojieiied  work  in  the  jn-ovince  of 
Chnlla,  occupying'  Kiinsan  a.s  the  first  station — a coast 
town  ahont  two  hundred  miles  smith  of  ('hemnlpo. 

The  field  in  which  the  missionaries  of  the  Southern 
Presbyterian  Church  are  working,  by  the  aiiijortionment 
of  the  various  mission  Boards  having  missions  in  Korea, 
is  our  exclusive  territory.  It  includes  two  in-ovinces. 
North  and  South  Chulla,  and  six  counties  of  an  adjoin- 
ing province.  There  is  not  to  be  found  in  all  Korea  a 
better  section  of  country.  The  region  is  known  as  the 
"Granary  of  Korea,’’  and  is  the  most  densely  populated 
part  of  the  country,  the  y)Oi)ulation  niimljeriug.  approx- 
imately, 2,243.000  peojile.  There  are  four  itrincijial 
stations,  with  a town  and  field  iioi)iilation  as  follows: 
Kunsan,  336,000;  Chunju,  632,000;  ^lokpo.  340.000; 
Kwangju,  03o,000. 


STATION  SKETCHES. 

Kunsan. 

Kunsan,  our  first  station,  opened  in  1896.  is  pictur- 
esquely located  near  the  mouth  of  the  Changpo  Biver. 
Being  the  only  natural  outlet  for  the  products  of  a 
thickly  populated  section  of  the  country,  the  Japanese 


In  the  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


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Station  Buildings. 


and  Korean  towns  are  steadily  jirowing-.  Onr  work  at 
Knnsan  consists  of  a clmrcli  and  a dis])ensary  in  the 
city.  At  Kun<>nml,  a villajie  ahont  a mile  from  Knnsan. 
where  the  princijial  hnildinjis  of  this  station  are  located, 
there  is  a chnrch,  vilhifit*  school,  school  for  hoys,  acad- 
emy for  hoys,  a jiirls'  school,  the  Frances  I>rid<i,es  ^lenio- 
rial  Hospital,  and  an  adetpiate  nmnher  of  missionary 
residences. 

('iirN.iu. 

Chnnjn,  ojK'iied  in  ISlHi,  the  cajiital  of  North  Clinlla 
Province,  is  a walled  city  of,a])])roximately.2.“,()(MI  inliah- 
itants.  Its  imjiortance  in  the  eyes  of  the  natives  may  he 
seen  from  a coniimm  sayinn'  in  the  south  of  the  country: 
“If  yon  can't  c'o  to  see  Seoul,  see  ('hnnjn.”  It  lies  on 
the  eastern  edf>e  of  one  of  the  largest,  most  thickly  pop- 
ulated rice  ])lants  in  the  whole  country,  just  at  the  base 
of  the  “Pine  Pid<>e'’  of  the  ])rovince.  The  work  at 
('hnnjn  consists  of  a lar<>e  and  prosperous  chnrch,  with 
a second  smaller  chnrch  in  another  jiart  of  the  city. 
The  Girls'  School  and  academy  for  hoys  are  eqnipjied 
Avilh  <>()od  hnildiiifis.  An  adequate  hosjiital  hnilding' 
has  heini  recently  erected.  The  missionary  homes 
occnjiy  a convenient  and  beautiful  location  adjoining  the 
city. 


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Ix  THE  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


Mokpo. 

Hokpo,  oiK?ned  iii  1<S!)S,  nestles  at  the  foot  of  a moun- 
tain of  rock  between  the  river  and  the  sea,  near  the 
southeast  corner  of  the  i>eniusula.  As  in  all  the  impor- 
tant port  cities,  there  are  separate  Japanese  and  Korean 
towns.  There  is  a good  harbor,  with  many  picturesque 
islands  near  at  hand.  Our  work  at  Mokpo  includes  a 
large  church,  the  John  Watkins  Academy  for  Boys,  an 
adequate  school  building  for  girls,  a number  of  mis- 
sionary residences,  a small  building  for  clinics,  with 
ground  purchased  and  appropriations  made  for  a 
hospital. 

Kwang.iu. 

Kwangju,  opened  in  IShS,  the  capital  of  South  Chulla, 
is  an  important  city.  There  is  a prosijerous  church, 
adequate  buildings  for  a hoys’  and  girls’  schools,  the 
Ellen  Lavine  Graham  Memorial  Hospital,  with  an 
ade(]uate  supply  of  missionary  residences. 

SOONCHUX. 

The  new  station,  Soonchun,  is  sixty  miles  east  of 
Kwangju.  Land  has  Ix^en  bought  for  this  station. 
Kecent  reports  from  this  station  tell  of  the  great  ojiening 


The  John  Watkins  Academy  Students,  Mokpo. 


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for  mission  work,  the  readiness  of  the  people  to  receive 
the  gospel  and  be  organized  into  groups  of  believers. 
The  station  property  is  described  as  being  beautifully 
located  with  an  abundant  sui)ply  of  good  water. 


Starting  on  an  Itinerary. 


Itinerating. 

The  work  at  each  of  the  central  stations  in  Korea  is 
a small  i»art  of  what  is  done  by  the  missionaries.  Ka- 
diating  in  different  dii-ections  from  each  station,  the 
district  is  divided  into  fields  that  are  placed  in  charge 
of  a resident  missionary  who,  with  his  native  helfiers. 
makes  journeys  to  the  organized  groujis  of  believers, 
and  preaches  the  gospel  at  new  centers.  The  male 
missionaries  are  assisted  by  the  native  evangelists,  and 
the  women  who  do  visitation  work  are  iiccomiianied  by 
the  native  Bible  women.  The  extent  of  the  itinerating 
work  and  the  results  are  shown  on  a niaj)  printed  on 
another  page,  on  which  the  i>rincipal  stations  are  indi- 
cated and  the  out-stations,  where  there  are  groups  of 
believers,  are  represented  by  .«mall  dots. 


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Native  Helpers. 

The  i)iiiicipal  of  self-ia-oiiagation  adopted  by  all  the 
mi.ssioiiai-ies  at  the  begiiiniDg  necessitated  the  use  of  the 
the  native  Christians.  In  the  schools,  Bible  study 
meetings,  and  the  rnion  Theological  Seminary  at  Pyeng 
Yang,  a strong  force  of  native  evangelists  and  teachers 
has  been  prepared  for  the  work.  In  the  work  among 
women  there  has  been  a corresi)onding  develojmient  of 
efficient  native  workers,  and  these  Bible  women,  either 
alone  or  in  the  comjtany  of  the  women  missionaries, 
have  been  instrumental  in  bringing  the  knowledge  of 
Christ  to  thousands  of  the  women  and  girls  of  Korea. 

The  test  (piestion  asked  of  candidates  for  bai)tism  is, 
“Have  you  led  anyone  to  Christ?’’  The  missionaries 
hesitate  to  bajitize  any  candidate  who  must  give  a neg- 
ative answer.  The  readiness  of  the  Korean  Christian 
to  be  a “witness,"  and  the  results  of  their  work,  will  be 
.seen  in  the  following  extracts  taken  from  a recent 
Annual  Bei)oi-t : “In  one  year  twelve  ordained  evangel- 
i.sts  baptized  adults  and  received  .‘bllh  ‘catechu- 

mens.’” These  results  were  due  in  very  large  measure 


An  Out-Station  Group. 


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to  the  iiersoiial  work  of  the  rank  and  tile  of  the  church. 
At  the  Hihle  Conferences  it  is  the  cnstoin  to  ask  for 
v'olunteers  to  jiledge  ja-eaching  days.  Tliis  means  a 
pledge  to  the  Lord  of  so  many  days  to  be  devoted  to 
j)reaching  or  testifying  at  one’s  own  expense.  The 
Korean  Christian  does  not  count  Sunday  in  this  vol- 
unteer jtledge,  for  they  say:  “That  day  belongs  to  the 
Lord  already.” 

J‘>ii!LE  Study. 

A system  of  Hible  study  ado]ited  by  the  Korea  .Mission 
caniKtt  be  better  stated  than  in  the  following  jiaragrajth 
from  the  Laymen's  i)am]ihlet  on  Korea  : 

"The  system  of  Hible  insfrtictioti  in  use  in  Korea  is, 
in  brief,  as  follows: 

“(1)  Sunday  school  classes  and  classes  for  those  j)re- 
]»aring  for  entrance  into  the  church  are  held  in  each 
gronj),  conducted  by  the  local  leaders. 

“(2)  Local  llible  Classes  in  each  station,  for  men  and 
for  women,  condncted  by  the  resident  missionaries, 
chietly  the  ladies.  These  are  held  weekly,  for  instruc- 
tion of  catechnmens,  ba])tized  members,  helpers,  Itible 
wometi,  and  Sunday  school  teachers.  There  are  at  least 
half  a dozen  in  each  station. 

“(.”,1  District  classes,  which  are  held  at  strategic 
jioints  and  participiited  in  by  the  neighboring  churches. 
The.se  are  condncted  by  the  missionary  in  charge,  as- 
sisted by  his  hel]>ers.  and  often  by  one  of  the  lady  work- 
ers. with  her  heljim-  in  sjiecial  work  among  the  women. 
At  other  times  the  ladies  conduct  such  a class  se])arat(*ly. 
Attendance  on  the.se  classes  ranges  from  twenty-five  to 
one  hundred  and  fifty,  and  time  of  meeting  is  one  week. 
Three  stations  rejtorted,  foi-  one  year,  thirty-seven  of 


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tliese  classes  held  for  women,  with  an  attendance  of 
1, (»()(),  and  two  stations  reported  fifty-five  held  for  men, 
Avith  an  attendance  of  2,G00. 

“(4)  Station  Bible  Conferences.  These  are  held 
yearly  at  each  of  the  four  stations,  separately  for  men 
and  for  women.  Delegates  from  every  church  in  the 
territory  of  the  station  gather,  at  their  own  expense,  for 
ten  days  of  Bible  study.  All  of  them  walk,  covering 
distances  for  the  round  trip  ranging  from  ten  to  two 
hundred  miles,  many  of  them  bringing  their  rice  on  their 


Covenanter  Band,  Chunju. 

backs.  The  course  is  graded,  coA’eriug  six  years,  and 
the  instructors  are  the  missionaries  and  the  theological 
students.  The  aggregate  attendance  of  the  four  classes 
for  men  was  1,700,  ranging  from  200  to  GOO,  and  of  the 
four  classes  for  Avomen,  000,  ranging  from  75  to  400. 

“(5)  Leaders'  Bible  Confei'ences,  held  once  a (piarter 
at  each  of  the  stations  for  seA^eral  days,  and  once  a year 
for  a AA’cek.  Attended  by  church  officers,  leaders,  and 
picked  men,  and  1 aught  by  the  missionaries. 

“(G)  Bible  Institutes.  These  are  of  tAvo  kinds,  one 
for  men,  designed  especially  for  those  helpers  and  lead- 


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ers  who  do  not  attend  the  theological  seminary ; and  one 
for  women,  designed  for  Bible  women  and  picked  leaders 
among  the  women.  They  are  held  for  a month,  and 
taught  by  the  missionaries.” 

Presbyteries  and  General  Assembly. 

^Vhen  the  Church  in  Korea  had  grown  to  a sufficient 
size,  with  the  reipiisite  number  of  church  officers,  esjie- 
cially  elders  and  pastors,  the  Presbyterian  bodies  work- 
ing in  Korea  organized  the  I’resbytery  of  Korea.  In 
connection  with  the  organization  of  the  presbytery,  the 
country  Avas  divided  into  seven  districts,  the  missionaries 
having  in  mind  the  training  of  church  officers  until  the 
conditions  Avonld  Avarrant  the  organization  of  seA'en 
presbyteries.  The  hoi)es  of  the  missionaries  have  been 
realized  in  this  connection  and  the  seven  presbyteries 
haA'e  been  organized,  and  Ihe  first  General  Assembly  in 
Korea  Avill  be  held  in  the  fall  of  1912.  The  ecclesias- 
tical organization  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Korea 
does  not  include  a synod. 

I )ISTANCES. 

From  Kunsan  to  Chnnju  the  distance  is  thirty  miles. 
The  Jaiianese  have  constructed  a good  road,  Avith 
bridges  oA’er  the  streams,  lietAAeen  these  places. 

The  distance  from  Chuuju,  south,  to  IvAvangju,  is 
seAenly-tiA-e  miles.  The  travel  betAA’een  these  tAvo 
jilaces  is  jtartly  oAer  the  Jaiianese  roads,  but  the  most 
of  the  Avay  is  by  the  Korean  path  crossing  a number  of 
mountain  ranges. 

From  H()k]io,  on  the  coast,  to  Kwangju,  the  distance 
is  fifty-eight  miles.  A good  government  road  connects 
these  places. 


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Kunsan  Hospital  Buildings. 

Railways. 

The  ])i-incii)al  railway  in  Korea  extends  from  Fusan 
1o  Seoul,  and  tlienee  through  Korth  Korea  to  a connec- 
tion at  Jlarhin  with  the  main  line  of  the  Siberian  Eail- 
way,  making  the  journey  to  Europe  a comjiaratively 
brief  and  comfortable  trij). 

A railroad  is  under  construction  heginning  at  Mokpo 
and  extending  northeast  to  join  the  main  line  a little 
north  of  Fusan. 

Population. 

The  jiojuilation  of  that  part  t»f  Korea  which  has  been 
assigned  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  F.  S.,  is  about  the 
same  as  the  population  of  the  states  of  South  Carolina 
and  Florida.  The  total  poinilations  of  the  two  states 
is  2,2(i7,000.  The  total  poimlation  in  the  provinces  of 
North  and  South  ('bulla  is  2,243,000.  At  the  time  this 
comjiarison  was  made,  there  were  3,240  ordained  min- 
isters in  South  ('arolina  and  Florida,  and  twelve  or- 
dained ministers  in  Korea,  or  one  ordained  jueacher  to 
000  of  the  ]H)]uilation  in  the  two  states,  and  one  ordained 
ju’eacher  to  185,010  ]teo]ile  in  our  Korea  field. 

While  recent  additions  to  the  Korea  Mission  Avill 
considerably  Increase  the  working  force  in  that  held, 
it  will  be  readily  .seen  how  much  larger  is  the  task  of 
the  Korean  missionary  than  of  the  minister  at  home. 


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Christian  Education. 

lu  villages  where  there  are  groups  of  believers,  the 
native  Christians  make  early  provision  for  the  village 
school.  While  the  Japanese  goveruiiieiit  has  done 
much  ill  the  way  of  providing  school  buildings  and 
teachers  for  the  Koreans,  the  Christians  desire  schools 
where  their  children  will  receive  I>ible  instruction.  As 
a rule  the  Koreans  will  build  the  schoolhonse  and  pay 
Ihe  salary  of  a native  teacher.  From  these  village 
sclntols  there  have  come  a large  number  who  have  en- 
tered. or  are  now  {)repared  for  leadership  in  the  Korean 
Church. 

The  next  step  in  the  missionary  school  system  is  the 
opening  of  an  academy  at  each  of  the  principal  stations. 
The  academy  is  snpjiorled  by  the  .Mission,  and  receives 
])U])ils  from  the  city  and  surrounding  teriitoi-y  worked 
from  the  station. 

Apjireciating  the  iichmI  of  higher  education  for  those 
who  wonld  become  jiastors  and  evangelists,  a college  is 


A Village  School. 


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oontemplated  which  will  receive  students  that  have 
completed  the  courses  of  study  in  the  academies.  It  is 
not  proposed  to  have  more  than  one  college  in  the 

^lission.  I'rovisiou  has 
been  made  for  the  build- 
ings, and  in  the  near  fu- 
ture this  part  of  the  edu- 
cational system  will  be 
eipiipped  and  in  oi)era- 
tion. 

The  next  .step  in  the 
educational  system  i s 
the  provision  for  theo- 
logical training.  This 
is  provided  for  in  a The- 
ological Seminary  — a 
union  movement  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  U. 
S.  ( Southern  i and  the 
Presbyterian  Church  C.  S.  A.  (Northern),  located  at 
Pyeng  Yang.  The  instructors  in  this  Seminary  are 
provided  by  the  Missions  of  the  two  denominations  and 
competent  native  instructors. 

The  remarkable  progress  of  our  Mission  in  Korea  is 
due  largely  to  the  consistent  Christian  life  of  the  stu- 
dents in  the  schools.  The  following  is  quoted  from  the 
pamphlet  referred  to  above : ‘Alost  of  these  students 
are  active  Christian  workers — all  of  them  become  so  in 
time.  The  mother  of  one  of  the  students,  on  lieing 
urged  to  believe,  replied : ‘I  am  too  old  to  learn  a new 
doctrine ; let  my  two  boys  go  to  heaven  if  they  wish,  but 
I am  too  old  to  learn  new  things.’  The  boy  instantly 
replied : “P>ut,  mother.  I don't  want  to  go  to  heaven 

alone;  I want  you  to  go  with  me.’  Through  the 


A Village  Christian  Family. 


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faithful  and  per.sisteiit  testimony  of  this  boy  the  mothei- 
was  bronglit  to  Christ.  The  reply  of  this  boy  may  well 
be  taken  as  the  key-note  of  Korean  Christianity,  and  the 
secret  of  its  success." 

Medical  Work. 

The  following  statement  regarding  the  medical  work 
of  the  Korea  Mission  is  taken  from  the  excellent  pam- 
phlet, “Korea,”  issued  by  the  Laymen's  Missionary 
^lovenient : 

“Ko  one  expects  to  treat  the  2,400,000  people  of  our 
held  with  foreign  physicians.  We  expect  to  use  only 
six  physicians  from  America,  of  whom  four  have  arrived, 
and  through  them  to  train  up  an  adequate  force  of 
Christian  native  i)hysicians.  The  twenty  native  med- 
ical assistants  enumerated  are  all  studying  under  our 
jihysicians,  and  are  all  Christians  of  standing.  As  to 
their  ability,  one  physician  testihes:  ‘The  six  students 
of  my  medical  class  have  all  made  encouraging  progress. 
They  are  now  able  to  till  all  the  prescriptions,  kee]t  the 
stock  conqxumds  made  u]),  do  the  dressings,  administer 
ame.sthetics,  and  perform  minor  operations,  thus 
enabling  the  doctor  to  do  treble  the  amount  of  work  for- 
merly possible.' 

“.Medical  work  is  incomparable  in  removing  pi’eju- 
dices  and  misconceptions  of  the  ]>eo]de  and  securing  a 
hearing  for  the  gosjtel.  As  a concrete  exam])le  of  the 
es.s(MitialIy  Christi:m  sjiii'it  of  love  and  helpfulness,  it  is 
siuqily  indispensable  on  the  held.  From  the  earliest 
day  when  Korea  was  oj)ened  ‘at  the  ])oint  of  a lancet,'  to 
the  ]>resent  time,  the  doctor's  work  has  been  the  strong 
arm  of  missions  in  this  country. 

“^fedical  work  is,  therefore,  not  merely  philanthropuc, 
but  directly  evangelistic,  as  witness  the  following  testi- 
monies from  our  doctors: 


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“ ‘We  may  say  that  the  medical  work  not  only  heals 
their  sick  bodies,,  but  brings  many  a one  to  the  "Great 
Physician.”  If  I were  desirous  of  investing  money  for 
large  returns  in  the  evangelistic  work,  1 know  of  no 
better  place  than  in  the  medical  work.’ 

“ ‘A  well-to-do  woman  brought  her  four-year-old  child 
to  Kunsan  for  medical  help.  She  said  that  she  was  the 
only  one  of  her  family  who  had  accepted  Christ,  and  her 

husband  was  a native  doc- 
tor of  much  fame,  but  an 
unbeliever.  After  treating 
the  child  for  two  months, 
he  had  given  up  the  case. 
'Fhe  mother  begged  him  re- 
] Heatedly  to  take  the  child 
to  Kunsan  in  hope  of  saving 
its  life.  The  husband  finally 
consented,  saying  that  if 
the  child  came  back  healed 
he  would  attend  church  and 
helieve  the  same  doctrine 
his  wife  believed.  By  the 
goodness  of  God  the  child 
got  well  in  twenty  days. 
After  the  woman  returned  home,  she  wrote  me  a letter 
saying  that  her  husband  and  all  her  family  are  attending 
church.’  ” 

The  Island  Work. 

To  the  south  and  along  the  western  coast  of  the  south- 
ern end  of  the  peninsula  of  Korea  the  shores  are  fringed 
with  islands.  The  Korean  archiiielago  was  practically 
unknown  until  1810,  when  adventurous  captains  of  tv\‘0 
vessels  explored  the  southern  extremity  of  the  coast  line 


Going  to  the  Hospital. 


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of  Korea.*  ‘‘A  later  visitor,  and  a naturalist,  states 
that  from  a single  island  peak  one  mav  count  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  islets.  Stretching  far  away  to  the 
north  and  to  the  south  were  groujis  of  dark-blue  islets, 
risiug  mistily  from  the  surface  of  the  water.  The  sea 
was  covered  with  large,  picturesque  boats,  which, 
crowded  with  natives  in  their  white,  fluttering  robes, 
were  putting  off  from  the  adjacent  villages,  and  sculling 
across  the  pellucid  waters  to  visit  the  stranger  ship.” 

In  these  almost  unnumbered  islands  there  is  a popula- 
tion variously  estimated  from  seventy-five  to  a hundred 
thousand.  Ko  systematic  missionary  work  was  under- 
taken in  this  large  population  until  our  Korea  Mission, 
recognizing  the  importance  of  the  island  work,  assigned 
a missionary,  who  now  gives  his  entire  time  to  the  evan- 
gelization of  the  ]»eo]»le  on  the  islands,  their  organization 
into  churches,  etc.  Tliis  missionary,  in  a Koran  san-pan, 
sails  in  and  out  among  the  islands,  visiting  the  villages 
where  there  are  groups  of  Christians,  and  also  giving 
special  attention  to  new  ])laces.  Let  ween  twenty-five 
and  thirty  groups  of  Christians  have  been  already 
established. 

Korea  has  sometimes  been  called  “the  Italy  of  the 
East,”  and  (^uelpart,  a large  island  some  sixty  miles 
south  of  the  mainland,  sustains  something  of  the  same 
relation  to  Korea  that  Sicily  does  to  Italy.  The  in- 
habitants of  this  island  differ  in  a number  of  character- 
istics from  the  jx^ople  in  Southern  Korea,  and  it  is  re- 
garded by  the  Koreans  as  a missionary  field.  Out  of 
the  first  company  of  men  who  were  ordained  by  the 
I’resbytery  of  Korea,  one  of  the  best  men  was  set  apart 
for  work  in  the  island  of  Quelpart.  He  is  supported  by 
the  churches  of  Korea,  and  so  ray)idly  have  the  jteople 


"From  “Korea,  the  Hermit  Nation.” 


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received  the  gospel  that  heliiers,  lioth  men  and  women, 
have  been  sent  by  the  native  church  to  the  assistance  of 
the  evangelist  in  charge. 


I’uNvuK  TA  Toyusso.  “Translation  all  dona.’’ 

Outside  effort  was  made  to  give  the  Koreans 
the  Word  of  Ood  in  their  own  tongue  as  early 
as  18(55.  Individual  versions  by  various  missionaries 
followed,  and  a production  of  the  Kew  Testament,  pre- 
])ared  by  an  otticial  board,  was  issued  iu  1S81J.  The 
authorized  translation  of  the  Old  Testament,  giving 
to  the  Koreans  the  entire  lUble  in  their  own  tongue, 
was  completed  iu  April,  1!)10.  Kev.  W,  I).  Keynolds, 
who  did  the  linal  translation  of  the  Old  Testament, 
gives  the  following  account  of  its  completion : “Pun- 

yuk  ta  toyusso  was  the  message  flashed  over  the  wires 
from  the  Chunju  section  of  the  Board  of  Official  Trans- 
lation of  the  Scriptures,  Saturday  evening,  April  2, 
11)10,  announcing  to  the  agent  of  the  British  and  For- 
eign Bible  Society  at  Seoul,  Korea,  the  glad  tidings 
that  the  task  of  translating  the  whole  Bilile  into  the 
Korean  language  had  Iieeu  completed.  True,  some 
flnishing  touches  were  yet  to  be  put  to  the  work  in  the 
way  of  careful  cojiyiug  and  rapid  revision  of  certain 
manuscripts  iu  preparation  for  the  press;  but  the  terse 
telegram,  costing  only  live  cents,  accurately  expressed 
the  fact:  “Translation  all  done.'  Not  quite  tweuty- 

flve  years  had  elapsed  since  the  landing  of  the  first 
ordained  Protestant  missionaries,  just  twenty-three 
years  since  the  organization  of  the  first  Bible  Com- 
mittee, about  thirteen  years  since  the  reorganized 
Board  began  joint  work  uiion  the  New  Testament,  ami 
])reci.sely  five  years,  five  months  and  sixteen  days  from 
start  to  ttnish  u])on  the  translation  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment.” 


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Each  of  the  307  dots  indicates  a self-supporting  church. 
Plate  used  by  permission  of  Laymen’s  Movement. 


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THE  KOREA  MISSION  FORWARD  MOVE^^IENT. 


The  progress  of  the  gospel  in  Korea  has  been  one  of 
tlie  most  remarkable  events  in  the  history  of  modern 
missions.  In  this  progress  of  the  Kingdom  in  Korea 
our  Mission  has  had  its  full  share.  The  missionaries 
on  the  field  became  convinced  that  with  adequate  equip- 
ment and  a sufficient  number  of  missionaries  there  was 
opi)ortunity  for  a comparatively  early  complete  evan- 
gelization of  one  of  our  fields.  Moved  by  a mighty  im- 
pulse, undoiditedly  prompted  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  the 
needs  of  the  field  in  the  way  of  equipment  were  carefully 
considered,  and  it  was  found  that  about  .^75,000.00 
would  be  a sufficient  amount  to  be  used  for  this  purpose. 
This  condition  was  presented  to  the  Laymen’s  Mission- 
ary 3Iovement  with  such  force  that  it  became  a challenge 
which  was  promptly  met,  and  the  fund  of  .^75,000.00  for 
the  material  equipment  of  the  Korea  field  was  sub- 
scribed through  the  eft’orts  of  the  laymen  on  condition 
that  the  Executive  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions 
would  be  able  to  send  a sufficient  force  of  men  and 
women.  The  Committee,  appreciating  the  unequal 
opportunity  presented  in  the  Korea  field,  approved  of 
the  Special  Equipment  Fund,  and  the  call  for  rein- 
forcements. 

Mdth  the  money  for  equipment  reaching  the  Mission 
in  installments,  designs  wei*e  made  for  fifteen  new 
buildings,  including  hospitals,  schools  and  missionary 
residences,  and  the  erection  of  a number  of  these  build- 
ings was  begun.  During  the  year  1911-12,  returned 
missionaries  from  Korea  cooperated  with  the  Laymen's 
^lovement  in  an  efi'ort  to  secure  twenty  new  missionaries 


In  the  Hermit  Land — Korea. 


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— thirteen  men  and  seven  single  women — which  was 
considered  the  necessary  force  “to  evangelize  onr  share 
of  Korea  in  this  generation.”  One  of  the  most  stirring- 
experiences  at  the  closing  session  of  the  Second  General 
Convention  of  the  Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement  at 
Chattanooga  was  the  pi’e.sentation  on  the  idatform  of  the 
volunteers  for  the  Korea  field,  sufficient  in  number  to 
justify  the  announcement  that  these  volunteers,  with 
their  supj)ort  already  provided,  would  he  an  adequate 
number  of  missionaries  to  meet  the  call  of  the  Korea 
mission.  As  these  lines  are  written,  groups  of  these 
missionaries  are  either  on  the  sea  or  prtqairing  to  sail 
en  route  to  Korea.  The  prayer  for  adeiiuacy  in  equip- 
ment and  for  the  reipiisite  number  of  missionaries  has 
been  turned  into  ])rai.se.  The  ])rayer  now  is  for  such 
an  enduement  of  the  Holy  Sj)irit  ujion  the  missionaries, 
old  and  new,  in  Korea  as  will  make  possible  the  s]>eedy 
accomplishment  of  that  for  which  we  devoutly  pray  and 
hopefully  look  for,  viz.:  the  evangelization  of  Korea  in 
this  generation. 


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